Europe’s Cybersecurity Seed Funds Are Becoming Institutional

Source: EU-Startups

Date: June 29, 2026

Category: Cybersecurity

What happened: UK VC firm Osney Capital closed its oversubscribed debut fund at €69M / £60M, focused on seed-stage cybersecurity. The fund is backed by the British Business Bank’s Enterprise Capital Funds programme and has already made seven investments.

Why it matters: Cybersecurity remains one of the clearest European deeptech / defence-adjacent VC categories, especially around AI security, disinformation, software supply chains, and agent infrastructure.

Push-worthy: Yes

Suggested angle: Europe’s Cybersecurity Seed Funds Are Becoming Institutional